Colin Barclay CAMERON

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Service Number:	VX81605
Enlisted:	18 December 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Z Special Unit
Born:	Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1922
Home Town:	Wedderburn Junction, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician - Powerhouse Attendant
Died:	Killed in Action, Malaya/Sumatra, 4 November 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Official Commemoration - Grave Location: 32. E. 2.,
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Operations Jaywick & Rimau

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX81605, Z Special Unit
18 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Sergeant, VX81605, Z Special Unit, Wedderburn, Vic, Australia
18 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX81605, Z Special Unit
2 Aug 1944:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Presumed - Missing, Date: 02/08/1944; Presumed - Missing, believed deceased, 26/02/1945; Review (Pg-9) NAA Service Record of Sergeant: Colin Barclay CAMERON; S-NO: 81605.
2 Aug 1944:	Wounded Sergeant, VX81605, Z Special Unit, Malaya/Singapore, Wounded - Presumed Missing, believed deceased, Date and Place of Death: 04/11/1944; Malaya/Sumatra. Review: AWM Roll of Honour, also (Pg-9) NAA Service Record of Sergeant: Colin Barclay CAMERON; S-NO: VX81605.

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Colin Barclay CAMERON was born in Wedderburn, Victoria on 31st December, 1922

His parents were Thomas Kenneth CAMERON & Amy Leah BARCLAY who married in Victoria in 1921